India vs West Indies ODI series (IND v WI) : Indian skipper Virat Kohli stands in line to close in or break a plethora of records in home series. Check the list...

Another home series awaits the Indian cricket team, a morale boost for the squad before they set sail for the next-anticipated overseas series - against Australia. And once again, Indian skipper Virat Kohli stands in the fray to close in or break a plethora of records when India take on West Indies in the five-match ODI series starting October 21 Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. The ODI series will be his first since England series in July after which the selectors had rested him for Asia Cup 2018 owing to excessive workload and he would look to make full use of the series in a bid to prepare for the bouncier Aussie tracks.

Here are the list of records that Indian skipper Virat Kohli will stand in line to close in or break...

221 runs more required by Kohli to complete 10000 ODI runs. With 9779 runs, the 29-year-old is all set to join Sachin Tendulkar (18426 runs), Sourav Ganguly (11363 runs), Rahul Dravid (10889 runs) and MS Dhoni (10123 runs) among the Indians. Overall, he will be the 13th batsman to join the elite club of batters.

285 runs needed for Kohli to overtake legendary Aussie batsman Steve Waugh in terms of international runs scored across all formats. Combining runs in T2OIs, Tests, and ODIs, Kohli has amassed 18212 runs.

187 runs more and the Indian captain will be the highest scoring batsman in an India-West Indies ODI encounter, surpassing Sachin's tally of 1573 runs in 39 ODIs. Kohli so far has managed to score 1387 runs in 27 matches.

2 fifties required by Kohli to become the seventh Indian batsman to notch up 50 half-centuries in ODIs after Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid, Dhoni, Mohammad Azharuddin, and Yuvraj Singh.

251 runs more needed from Kohli and he can complete 1000 ODI runs in 2018, joining England's Jonny Bairstow as the only other batsman. Kohli, earlier in the Test series against West Indies, had completed 1000 Test runs.

6th time that Kohli will complete 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year if he manages those 251 runs and will hence equal Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting's tally of most 1000-plus runs in the calendar year in the format. Sachin holds the record of most such scores - seven times.

Despite the long list, it would be rather unlikely that Kohli would play the entire series for selectors might seek to give him extra rest for the thrilling Aussie tour. BCCI has so far named the quads for only the first two ODIs.

India vs West Indies ODI series: Virat Kohli stands in line to break plethora of records in home seriesDescription:India vs West Indies ODI series (IND v WI) : Indian skipper Virat Kohli stands in line to close in or break a plethora of records in home series. Check the list...Times Now